Batch File Progress Bar While Copying
Does anyone know of a windows commmand-line ( available on XP Pro or later by default ) that could copy a file while showing progress. I do not care if the progress indicator is in a terminal or a GUI window.
Nov 06, 2007 Progress bar when using XCOPY. (on a per-file basis) the number of bytes written so far and a percentange indicating prgress, agian, per file, not necessarily the entire copy totals. Use the /F option to show the names while copying (there is no progress bar option. Does anyone know of a windows commmand-line ( available on XP Pro or later by default ) that could copy a file while showing progress. I do not care if the progress indicator is in a terminal or a GUI window. This is intended to be used during batch file scripting.
This is intended to be used during batch file scripting
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used the copy command with the /z switch for copying over network drives, also works for copying between local drives. on XP home edition
Batch File Progress Bar
robocopy:
Robocopy, or 'Robust File Copy', is a command-line directory and/or file replication command. Robocopy functionally replaces Xcopy, with more options. It has been available as part of the Windows Resource Kit starting with Windows NT 4.0, and was first introduced as a standard feature in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. The command is robocopy..
The Esentutl /y option allows copyng (single) file files with progress bar like this :
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the command should look like :
The command is available on every windows machine but the y option is presented in windows vista.As it works only with single files does not look very useful for a small ones.Other limitation is that the command cannot overwrite files. Here's a wrapper script that checks the destination and if needed could delete it (help can be seen by passing /h).
Some interesting timings regarding all these methods. If you have Gigabit connections, you should not use the /z flag or it will kill your connection speed. Robocopy or dism are the only tools that go full speed and show a progress bar. wdscase is for multicasting off a WDS server and might be faster if you are imaging 5+ computers. To get the 1:17 timing, I was maxing out the Gigabit connection at 920Mbps so you won't get that on two connections at once. Also take note that exporting the small wim index out of the larger wim file too longer than just copying the whole thing.
If you don't have robocopy.exe available, why not run it from the network share you are copying your files from? In my case, I prefer to do that so I don't have to rebuild my WinPE boot.wim file every time I want to make a change and then update dozens of flash drives.
This technet link has some good info for copying large files. I used an exchange server utility mentioned in the article which shows progress and uses non buffered copy functions internally for faster transfer.
In another scenario, I used robocopy. Robocopy GUI makes it easier to get your command line options right.
Batch File Progress Bar While Copying
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You could easily write a program to do that, I've got several that I've written, that display bytes copied as the file is being copied. If you're interested, comment and I'll post a link to one.
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